LDS Scene

Richmond, Virginia—Every Saturday for the next several weeks, members of the Richmond Virginia Stake will cook and serve an average of 240 eggs, 400 pancakes, and 240 sausages to 100 to 150 homeless people. The Saturday breakfasts began in December and will continue through March. This marks the second consecutive year the 2,500 members of the stake have participated in the project. The program was launched in December 1986 after the Interfaith Council of Greater Richmond challenged its member churches to provide meals for Richmond’s homeless.

Each of the six units in the stake is responsible for funding, buying, preparing, and serving two breakfasts. Members of the Tappahannock and Beaverdam branches travel more than one hundred miles to take their turns at the serving table.